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Author: Voltaire
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994-06-24
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780521437271
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresenting a selection of Voltaire's most interesting and controversial texts, many not previously translated into English, this edition of political writings includes the nature and legitimacy of political power, law and the social order, and the growing disorder in the French economy.
Author: Jean-François Lyotard
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780816620456
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 1224
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Denis Diderot
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992-05-28
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521369114
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDenis Diderot (1713-1784) was one of the most significant figures of the French enlightenment. His political writings cover the period from the first volume of the Encyclopedie (1751), of which he was principal editor, to the third edition of Raynal's Histoire des Deux Indes (1780), one of the most widely read books of the pre-revolutionary period. This volume contains the most important of Diderot's articles for the Encyclopedie, a substantial number of his contributions to the Histoire, the complete texts of his Supplement au Voyage de Bougainville, one of his most visionary works, and his Observations sur le Nakaz, a precise and detailed political work translated here into English for the first time. The editors' introduction sets these works in their context and shows the underlying coherence of Diderot's thought. A chronology of events and a bibliography are included as further aids to the reader.
Author: Peter Gay
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 452
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Voltaire
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-11-09
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780521649698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVoltaire is widely known as the author of a literary masterpiece, Candide, while his reputation as a thinker rests largely on his Philosophical Letters and Philosophical Dictionary. He is equally renowned as a critic of the forces of superstition and fanaticism, and a champion of freedom of thought and belief. The works presented here, in a new English translation, are among the most important and characteristic texts of the Enlightenment, and bring together all three aspects of Voltaire: the writer, the doer and the philosophe. Originating in Voltaire's campaign to exonerate Jean Calas, they are works of polemical brilliance, informed by his deism and humanism and by Enlightenment values and ideals more generally. The issues which they raise, concerning questions of tolerance and human dignity, are still highly relevant to our own times. This volume presents them together with an introduction by Simon Harvey and useful notes on further reading.
Author: Voltaire
Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2016-05-22
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ISBN-13: 9781358690211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Voltaire
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1977-07-28
Total Pages: 577
ISBN-13: 1101128127
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes Part One of Candide; three stories; selections from The Philosophical Dictionary, The Lisbon Earthquake, and other works; and thirty-five letters.
Author: Nicholas Cronk
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 0199688354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring Voltaire's most important writings, the impact his work had on our understanding of the European Enlightenment, and his status as a literary celebrity at the time, Nicholas Cronk considers his continued relevance in literature, politics, and philosophy.
